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Seminar on Customs Automation

The Seminar on Customs Automation was held on 23-25 May 2007 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The Seminar was co-sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs.

The seminar was designed for Customs Cooperation Committee members to share experiences in customs automation development in their respective countries, and to seek cooperation opportunities. The seminar

• took note of the recent initiatives of the WCO with respect to customs business process and data harmonization as presented in the WCO Customs Data Model
• provided a good venue for CAREC participating countries to acquire knowledge on the modern best practices in customs automation, with emphasis on the tools, techniques and methodologies
• held Working Group discussions and bilateral consultations to develop an action plan to advance the Program’s initiatives in this area

The participants agreed that CCC needs to

• initiate the development of a CAREC Data Model for the import/export procedures of customs, based on the Revised Kyoto Convention and the data model of the WCO
• strengthen efforts to implement the Revised Kyoto Convention as the basis towards modern application of information and communication technology and risk management
• at its next CCC ICT Working Group meetings, discuss and agree on a concrete work program for the development of the CAREC Data Model and to accelerate the regional development process of harmonized and interoperable risk management procedures and IT systems

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The Seminar brought together heads/deputy heads and senior officials of the customs administrations from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

View the List of Participants. [ PDF: 18kb | 5 pages ]

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View the Program. [ PDF: 34kb | 3 pages ]

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• Seminar on Implementation Challenges in Joint Customs Control, Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Bangkok, Thailand) (7-9 February 2007)
• Fifth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Astana, Kazakhstan) (11-13 October 2006)
• Seminar on WCO's Framework of Standards and Customs Data Model (Urumqi, People's Republic of China) (12 - 14 July 2006)
• Forum on Trade Facilitation and Customs Reform and Modernization (Tokyo, Japan) (17 - 19 April 2006)
• Forum on eGovernment and Trade Facilitation (Singapore) (24 - 27 January 2006)
• Seminar on Trade Facilitation and E-Governance (Daejeon, and Seoul, Republic of Korea) (5 - 8 December 2005)
• Forum on TIR Customs Transit System (Shanghai, People's Republic of China) (19 - 21 October 2005)
• Fourth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) (7- 9 September 2005)
• Seminar on Trade Facilitation and One-Stop Service (Bangkok, Thailand) (27- 29 July 2005)
• Seminar on Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Shenzhen, People's Republic of China) (7-10 June 2005)
• Forum on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization (Singapore) (26-28 January 2005)
• Third Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Baku, Azerbaijan) (1-3 December 2004)
• Workshop on Risk Management and Customs Intelligence (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) (3-5 November 2004)
• Forum on Public-Private Partnership for Customs Modernization (Manila, Philippines) (14-16 October 2004)
• Conference on Customs Reforms and Modernization (Beijing, People's Republic of China) (21-24 April 2004)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Meeting on Development of Simplified Transit Systems (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) (21-23 February 2004)
• Second Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan) (9-10 October 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Workshop on Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Urumqi, PRC) (9-12 September 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Seminar on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization (Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic) (4-8 August 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Working Group Meeting (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (21-25 April 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Capacity Building Seminar (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (17-21 February 2003)
• First Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Urumqi, People's Republic of China) (20-21 August 2002)
• Central Asia Customs Cooperation Meeting (Manila, Philippines) (30-31 January 2002)
• Senior Officials' Meeting on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Manila, Philippines) (9-10 August 2001)

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